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The protesters, now turning into rebels, in Syria are desperately trying to copy the success the rebels of Libya. First, the Libyan rebels established a republic by founding a National Transition Council so the Syrian rebels setup on Sunday the Syrian National Council (SNC).

Now the SNC realize that a NATO-led air war in the model of Libya is needed to stop the tide of the Baath Party's Syrian Arab Republic's war machine. The SNC has not only learned the lessons of Libya but also the need to establish easy to reach information like in Tunisia and Egypt. To accomplish this SNC has published maps of the Syrian Arab Republic's air defenses! This pretty much says "bomb here to establish air dominance." Unlike Iranian protesters, it seems Syrians have no problem with foreign intervention right now. (Hat tip: Foreign Policy)

pfly, Syria is not even close to Tasmania. Establishing air dominance is also not a priority for the FSA as you say because the vast majority of Assad's forces consists of tanks and various light artillery units. Air superiority is great but will do little to halt bombardments. That would require further NATO (read U.S.) involvement.